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Autodesk Moldflow 2019.0 Update 2What’s New

Rahul Patil & Hanno Van Raalte | Product Managers

v1.0

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Productivity & Customer Intimacy

Market Impact Leadership

• Automation Enhancements:• Speed Enhancements• API Enhancements

• CAD Import updates:• Parasolid® V31

• Autodesk Drive• Free Data Sharing• Online results viewing

Moldflow 2019.0 Update 2: Release Overview

• Material database updates

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Moldflow | Access and Installation

▪ Access

▪ Product Updates (Autodesk Account)

▪ Updates and Add-Ons (Autodesk Account)

▪ Autodesk Desktop App (Synergy and Adviser)

▪ Installation

▪ Windows Can be installed on either 2019.0 or 2019.0 Update 1

▪ Linux Uninstall 2019.0 or 2019.0 Update 1 and install Update 2

Moldflow 2019 Update 2CAD Import Updates

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With Moldflow 2019 Update 2 the following additional CAD file versions can now be imported:

▪ Parasolid® V31

Moldflow | Updated CAD import formats

Moldflow 2019 Update 2Material database

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Total number of suppliers: 540▪ New suppliers added: 8▪ Suppliers deleted: 8

Total number of grades: 10,522▪ Grades added: 150▪ Grades amended: 90▪ Grades deleted: 25

Moldflow | Updated material data

Moldflow 2019 Update 2Automation Updates

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Speed Enhancement –

▪ MapOvermold.vbs and DisplayOrthotropicProperties.vbs scripts have been

improved to run up to 40% faster for fiber filled materials

API Enhancements –

▪ User plots saved in the results files from user DLLs, using the Solver API in 3D

Flow, can now be examined as either XY-Plots, Contour plots or Shaded plots

Moldflow | Automation Updates

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API Enhancements –

Melt Temperature added to Process Information Table.

Moldflow | Automation Updates

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API Enhancements –

Folder management functions added for Project Pane

▪ Project.SelectFolder – define in which folder to add new/imported studies or models.

▪ DeleteItemByName – delete a folder

▪ RenameItemByName – rename a folder

▪ ExpandFolder – expand all folders

▪ CloseFolder – close all folders

Moldflow | Automation Updates

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API Enhancements –

▪ Functions added to Set Coordinate Reference System on Deflection Plots

▪ SetDeflectionLCS(lcsID)

▪ GetDeflectionLCS()

▪ Enhancement for ability to extract result data sets with the API

▪ API support for moving cutting planes

▪ ModifyClippingPlane

▪ ModifyClippingPlaneByID

Moldflow | Automation Updates

Moldflow 2019 Update 2Autodesk Drive

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Moldflow | Autodesk Drive Entitlement

▪ New Autodesk Drive Entitlement for Moldflow Adviser, Insight and Synergy• Only with Moldflow subscriptions• 25 Gb of free Autodesk Drive cloud storage per user• Share data with internal and external collaborators• Direct Connection from within Moldflow Adviser and Synergy• Includes browser based result viewing

▪ No animation

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Moldflow | Autodesk Drive Access

▪ Log in to log into the Autodesk Drive web page: https://drive.autodesk360.com/

Tip: store this link in your browser

▪ Only available for users with Moldflow subscriptions associated with their account.

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Moldflow | Autodesk Drive Entitlement

If in doubt, confirm entitlement in https://accounts.autodesk.com/

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Moldflow | Upload and download files

Upload and Download files to/from Autodesk Drive

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Moldflow | Invite Collaborators

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Moldflow | Share Files using Link

Securely share files with others

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Moldflow | Sharing Privileges

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Moldflow | Install Desktop Connector

Log into your Autodesk Drive folder and install the Desktop Connector app!

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▪ Autodesk Drive desktop app

• Creates a location where data can be saved

• Automatically uploads and download data to your Autodesk Drive Cloud storage

• Once data is uploaded, the data on the local machine is represented by a link and data is downloaded on access

Moldflow | Use Desktop Connector

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Moldflow | Export to Desktop Connector

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Moldflow | Select what to Export

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▪ Two files are exported in this workflow

• .mfzi/.mfza files are compressed files containing the .sdy file and results

• .collaboration files, which allow for results to be viewed inside a browser

Moldflow | Exported Files

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Moldflow | Files Sync to Autodesk Drive

Files are synced with Autodesk drive

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Moldflow | Import .mfzi from Desktop Connector

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Moldflow | Collaboration file data = browser results

Clicking on the .collaboration file in the browser will start browser viewingFirst time opening viewables can take some time to be ready.

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Moldflow | Model Data

Model can be viewed

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Moldflow | Results

View results

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